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Peer reviewedFidel, Raya – Information Processing and Management, 1986
This review of abstracting policies used by database producers focuses on the degree to which these policies incorporate criteria vital for acceptability of abstracts for free-text searching. Each topic in abstracting policy (abstract type, length, content, and language) is examined to consider its effect on retrieval. (MBR)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Classification, Content Analysis
